RECIPE | Raspberry & Coconut Smoothie Bowl

This is a super simple recipe for a deliciously refreshing bowl of goodness. Perfect for a hot summer day. I've been eating these for breakfast, lunch & dessert! The ingredients can be mixed and matched with whatever you have in the fridge but this combination is one of my favourites!

Ingredients:

1 frozen banana

1 cup frozen raspberries

1/2 of a mango 

1/2 cup ice

1/2 cup coconut milk or I use coco-quench by pure harvest

1 tablespoon raw honey

1 /2 teaspoon maca powder

2 tablespoons shredded coconut

1 teaspoon chia

Directions:

Blend all of the ingredients until smooth. If you don't have a great blender, it's best to add a little bit of each ingredient a little at a time to help it blend better. 

Easy peasy!

Enjoy! 

Bee xx

RECIPE | Easy Peasy Bacon & Egg “Cupcakes” (Paleo, Gluten-Free)

These are a great little snack for a paleo pre-dinner party or it is great to make a bunch of them and keep them in the fridge for your lunch at work throughout the week. You can re-heat them in the grill or microwave. I’ve kept them in the fridge for days and they’ve been just as yummy as they were to begin with.

I first saw this on Sarah Wilsons site here and thought what a great idea!



Ingredients:
As much bacon as you like, rind removed (I used about 4 long rashers to make 6)
As many organic eggs as you like (I used 6)
A handful of whichever herbs you like, chopped… Chives, parsley, oregano would all be very nice
A few shavings of parmesan cheese if you want to
Rock Salt

Directions:
Pre-heat oven to 190’c
Line a muffin tin with baking paper or grease the tin
Line each hole with bacon
Crack an egg into each one
Top with herbs and sprinkle of rock salt. I also topped mine with cayenne pepper
Cook for around 15 minutes or until egg is set
Line a flat tray with baking paper
Turn out you bacon and eggs onto flat tin to cook the underside of the bacon
Cook for a few minutes
Once cooked, top with a little parmesan cheese and serve

Have you tried any other variation to these? I bet they would be delicious with some chopped tomato or olives on top!

Bee xx

A few of my favourite JUICES

The Green Alkaliser

Greens are super alkalising, best way to start your day with a beautiful green juice or smoothie.

2 celery stalks & leaves
1 green apple
1 pear
1 handful kale or spinach (or both)
half a lemon
1 carrot

The Ultimate Body Cleaner

Beetroot is a powerful blood cleanser & is very nutritious, I love to have this juice if I have a had a cheeky glass of wine the night before or something naughty to eat.

1 beetroot
1 green apple
2 celery stalks & leaves
1 carrot
a few slices of fresh pineapple
a little fresh ginger

 

Carrot Head

Carrots are full of vitamins A & C and are great to help with skin problems. It also helps to flush out toxins.

3 carrots
1 orange
1 green apple

 

 

 

Bee xx

Organic is best ... We all know that right?

I am sure most people now realise that it is best to buy organic, although there are some people that still aren't convinced. To those people I suggest you go out and taste test different produce, whether or not you are worried about ingesting chemicals, the organic produce always tastes better! If you can get to an organic farmers market on the weekend I suggest you do because the produce is really reasonably priced and as I said - tastes better and lasts so much longer than the produce you buy at a supermarket. The organic food in a supermarket does not compare to the produce at a market so if that is what you are comparing it to then I can understand why you don't bother buying it. At the supermarket the fruit/ veg still gets frozen and transported long distances so when it is on the shelf ready to buy it is already half gone bad and usually powdery and doesn't last long. When I buy fruit and veg from the farmers markets it lasts in my fridge for up to 3 weeks sometimes.

If you can't buy organic for whatever reason, the next best thing is to make sure you wash your produce really well to get as many of the pesticides off as possible. This wont make the items taste any better, last any longer or have as many nutrients but it will help to reduce the amount of toxins going into your body. I wash my non organic produce in a solution of water and apple cider vinegar. I let it soak in my sink for at least 5 minutes.

Try not to buy foods from the "dirty dozen list" at all if you can't buy organic as these contain the most chemicals. The foods on the "clean 15 list" are ok not to always buy organic.

 

If convenience is an issue and that is why you can't get to a market, it might be worth ringing around because my local farmers market delivers to me every Saturday! There are also lots of companies now delivering organic produce.

Let me know what farmers market you like to use?

Bee xx